The Cinnamon Trust is our charity of choice for 2020.
The charity provides support and peace of mind for elderly, hospitalised and terminally ill pet owners and their pets. The Trust’s primary objective is to respect and preserve the treasured relationship between owners and their pets.
What does The Cinnamon Trust do?
The Trust operates a national network of over 15,000 community service volunteers providing practical help when any aspect of day to day care poses a problem – for example, walking the dog for a housebound owner.
There is a national fostering service for pets whose owners face a spell in hospital – volunteers take pets into their own homes and care for them until owner and pet can be reunited.
The Trust also provides long term care for pets whose owners have died or moved to residential accommodation which will not accept pets.
When a pet is in the Trust’s care because the owner is in care, where possible the owner is kept in touch with visits or regular photos and letters.
How we can help The Cinnamon Trust?
In addition to the financial support that we can give through fundraising throughout the year, we all have the opportunity to make a positive difference for Cinnamon Trust by raising awareness of the work that they do throughout the UK.
The Trust is always on the lookout for volunteers who can help with dog walking or offering short term foster care for pets. Their website includes a map indicating the areas where they have the most urgent need for volunteer support. This is updated weekly.
The more volunteers they have the more people and pets they can help.
If you want to help, view the real time map and download a volunteer registration form.
The Cinnamon Trust regularly post heart-warming news and valuable information on their Facebook page, be sure to give them a like to stay updated.
They are also happy to accept personal donations via their Facebook page as Facebook does not not charge a fee for this service.